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... know right now. I think we're going to see tomorrow, however, because the protesters are going to continue to protest. People were expecting in Egypt this evening, listening to President Mubarak, for him to say that he was going to either resign or not run in the scheduled presidential ...
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks speak with Jim Lehrer about the week's top developments, including the Obama administration "recalibrating" the U.S. stance on the growing political unrest in Egypt and the president's messages in his latest State of the Union address.
... Egypt's capital as protests have grown more intense. U.S. RESPONSE TO EGYPT | Judy Woodruff examines the U.S. response to the crisis in Egypt with Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations, who just returned from Egypt; Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University ...
... with Mubarak," referring to President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for three decades. The show of dissent has not often been seen in Egypt, where such gatherings are illegal. Friday's crowds were estimated to be the largest yet, after initial protests kicked off on Tuesday after an ...
Tens of thousands of protesters in Egypt, seeking an end to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, clashed with police in the capital Cairo and elsewhere.
In an exclusive interview with the NewsHour, Vice President Joe Biden told Jim Lehrer Thursday afternoon that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the target of anti-government demonstrations in Cairo, is someone he knows "fairly well" and does not consider to be a dictator. But the "time has come for President ...
Protesters face off with riot police in Suez, Egypt. (Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images) The Tunisia-inspired protests in Egypt demanding the end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule continued Thursday and, if organizers' predictions are correct, will continue in even greater force on Friday after mid-day prayers. In ...
... plans to have his son succeed him. In the meantime, as Jim and the vice president discussed, it's day three for violent protests in Egypt. We have this update from Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News in Cairo. JONATHAN RUGMAN: This was Suez today, Egypt's tinderbox, police firing ...
JEFFREY BROWN: Missed -- you got it wrong? GRAEME BANNERMAN: Got it wrong, because we didn't see this wave of Islamic fundamentalism coming along. So, therefore, when we start these things, it's going to happen. But the other thing that is important, I think, is the government of Egypt ...
... of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency, was rumored to be returning to Egypt. His brother said ElBaradei is returning to participate in the protests. Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, also indicated that they would be joining the demonstrations. Egypt's stock market has been shaken by ...
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